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tetrodotoxins

tetrodotoxins is the plural of tetrodotoxin.

Meaning of tetrodotoxin

Noun

tetrodotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural tetrodotoxins)

  1. A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.
    • Both creatures belong to a large pan-tropical order of fish, many of which have tetrodotoxin in their skin, liver, ovaries, and intestines.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 118
    Synonyms:
    TTX

Questions about tetrodotoxins

What is tetrodotoxins the plural of?
Tetrodotoxins is the plural of tetrodotoxin.

Words near tetrodotoxins in the dictionary

  1. tetrodonic acid
  2. tetrodons
  3. tetrodont
  4. tetrodonts
  5. tetrodotoxin
  6. tetrodotoxins
  7. tetrofosmin
  8. tetrofosmins
  9. tetrol
  10. tetrolate
  11. tetrolates

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